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Home > Yoga Resources > Yoga Balls Offer Flexibility And Strength Benefits
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Pilates & Other Fitness Regimens Also Use Yoga Balls... |
“It will always be the ball and me.” –Tiger Woods
To the world’s most famous athlete, there is nothing more important than the little white ball he routinely hits for hundreds of yards. To the rest of us, the path to good health comes in the form of yoga balls.
Yoga, whether performed daily or just once in a while, is a wonderfully accessible form of exercise and stress relief. It improves your balance, flexibility and strength while increasing energy and providing a much needed break in the day. Best of all, it can be performed practically anywhere, from a home or office to a park or beach.
Unlike a standard gym workout, which involves heavy machinery and weights, yoga requires relatively little equipment. What you do use will give you great results, though. After a mat, yoga balls are must-haves. They have a way of fitting into your daily routine, too.
In yoga, a lot of the focus is on strengthening our bodies. Yoga balls, which are also called fitness balls, have traditionally been used as a means of physical therapy to build strength in the abdominal, gluteus and back. Incorporating these balls in your established routine will drastically improve your core. If you have become accustomed to a pose on the mat, try incorporating a yoga ball in the pose, perhaps by sitting or leaning on it. Such an act noticeably raises the level of difficulty, leading to a greater amount of energy burned and increased awareness of your movements. The extra effort you exert to maintain your balance will help you concentrate on your body and clear the mind of unnecessary stress.
Even if yoga isn’t your primary source of exercise, you’ll find that yoga balls can be easily and successfully integrated in a number of other practices. Gyms and fitness clubs across the country consider these balls necessary equipment to have available for members, and they’re used in a variety of group exercise classes as well. They also are at the heart of activities such as Pilates – one of the fastest growing forms of exercise – and physical therapy. To build core strength, you can sit on one during the workday. Even those who simply seek to dissolves the kinks in their back can seek instant relief by stretching out on yoga balls.A yoga ball is a wonderful gift to better health. The next time you find yourself slouched on the couch or hunched over a desk, get up, grab one and give yourself a good stretch. You won’t regret it.
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